The bill makes permanent the Texas HIV Medication Advisory Committee. Texas has a program that provides medication assistance to low-income HIV-positive people. The Advisory Committee is made up of people who are on the ground dealing with the day-to-day functions of the program and is designed to provide real world input. Earlier this year the committee was dissolved when Department of State Health Services Commissioner, Dr. David Lakey, failed to renew it. It has since been reformed after public outcry. Coleman's bill seeks to prevent future commissioners from doing something similar. The Senate companion to the bill, SB 1821, by Rodney Ellis (D-Houston), has been languishing in the committee since March.

The Texas HIV/AIDS Coalition has issued an urgent alert encouraging Texans to call the members of the Health and Human Services Committee: